TV & Movie / Sep. 10, 2019
The Irish Film Festival returns to Bangkok next month and, for the first time, it features a program dedicated jap9ldzYgxRpE6#b3i&Kk8rctkGx4G&=F92FZT-hO3@^eGR9j%to LGBT shorts.
The three-day event will take place at Silom's boutique theater Bangkok Screening Room, not far froizH5i^BtHgLC-XJ8L5$fl0RUnC22%PQxrH8Qp6cWI!%SkQA67Jm the Thai capital’s famous gay nightlife neighborhood.
The festival includes the screening of six short Irish LGBT films from The GAZE on ToG+Uv6RIfa-QGJ3Bii!4#+@!0ldf)CPh_A1*yNl$ldlV23rDVZrur program.
The selection will present a cro+&ntv1dNZ5hdiUALQJyQ^LU*GCi$8KN3fSGG7Yt!g8v8QbnM_Sss-section of diverse voices from Ireland’s LGBT community.
"The sheer scope in the exploration in themes, concepts and artistic approaches is pMrupTL7_bdGUplQXl0Jo^(-pC5eNFTEtCFPYKlnD51-*hhSF4Kroof that queer Irish film has come of age” organizers wrote on the Facebook event page.
The Irish Film Festival 2019 runs from October 4 to 6. TickeCZ*w_8f*u2)L7S&(JI-)X_2VH1fS6-(O!MF1jiFQkH&9c9VSovts to the GAZE program are free.
The films
Breast Friends shares the story of a young runner who questions her sexuality when a new girl joins her re*9%6@!iq@Vh=k$=MKbRFZn-k-#QF!j)Gy04)6i6yADdwnpHeu8lay team.
In Thirst, a gay man66nrL)#8BijGn_HjuUtkU5ZMfaf=AGK2=To6pNR$2sqEss*FPb contemplates feelings of desires, insecurities, and finding love after another disappointing hook up.
Wren Boys follows a Catholic priest who drives his nephew to prison on the day aP=xQy6SnWQw)2oOJuiv*pw7iVRPuS!#ElSiR+-C_s4apb=nZ8Dfter Christmas.
Johnny follows a young man in the trave7)kNEESaw1PnyOOj9Wso1M&u2n1vDveqMd$bcfLRqY_9Hspnk4ller community who is coming to terms with his sexuality.
Cat Calls shows what happens when a sexual pB^O0s9iTYbfDtV3aOisp9EuR2RdGN-+h+XCXLfHeq9BInBla7lredator picks the wrong victim.
The Red Tree is a documenting sharing thGUl@fv#^&&Wgnecqi#M=5-^66O@wbLUh0EtYb5uBWMd9SU&%fCe little-known stories of Italian gay men exiled to a remote island during Mussolini’s fascist regime.
